serghei
Senior Member
True. What he has brought is more effort in the smaller games so far, and more concentration. If we lose that, we are in real danger of ending trophyless because we're not beating the big teams playing like we do now.
dakt
Active member
Have you noticed the roof on the stadium?
dakt
Active member
Yeah, yeah. Talk to me when you're my age
I would, but rare are the people that get to live so long. Now off to bed and leave the board to us, the youngsters. We have strategies to consider and players to slander.
I'll get my coat then.
Xaviniesta
Senior Member
Okay so why did Gomes start...because he’s tall?
xXKonan
Senior Member
Probably for physicality.
He didn't play well as a RM but got a lot better once he was pushed into the middle. that's the only explanation I could think of.
xXKonan
Senior Member
It seemed random as well.
Gomes who didn't play a lot this season, he was either on the bench making sub appearances or not or totally out of the final match day squad and all of a sudden he started today as a Right Wide mid in a 4-4-2. He didn't play well in the first half but gotten better once he was moved back in the middle and offered more energy than Rakitic and at least tried in some ways to make things happen.
But again out of nowhere he started. I think Like I said in a earlier post Valverde was was probably trying to use him as a taller/physical option out wide against Atletico but it didn't work out at all. His role for Portugal is the same except I believe he played out as a Wide Left Midfielder in a 4-4-2. I wonder if Valverde was studying Gomes role in the national team and hoped to replicate it here.
Gomes who didn't play a lot this season, he was either on the bench making sub appearances or not or totally out of the final match day squad and all of a sudden he started today as a Right Wide mid in a 4-4-2. He didn't play well in the first half but gotten better once he was moved back in the middle and offered more energy than Rakitic and at least tried in some ways to make things happen.
But again out of nowhere he started. I think Like I said in a earlier post Valverde was was probably trying to use him as a taller/physical option out wide against Atletico but it didn't work out at all. His role for Portugal is the same except I believe he played out as a Wide Left Midfielder in a 4-4-2. I wonder if Valverde was studying Gomes role in the national team and hoped to replicate it here.
Barcilliant
Senior Member
Jury is still out on Valverde. Some things are positive, some things bizarre and some just meh...
I still don't know if he is the right manager for us. This guy has rotated more than Lucho.
I still don't know if he is the right manager for us. This guy has rotated more than Lucho.
Neymessi
Active member
He is lucho 2.0
People will throw facts at me about how good we have been this season but stats are meaningless without context and close inspection.
He has done really not much tactically and his lineups are bizarre to say the least. I wouldn't call someone wrong if he said his lineups are worse than lucho.
We are winning because we are relatively fresh at the start of the season and messi. The big teams we have won against was due to a lot of luck (juventus was missing a huge chunk of their starters). Our overall play sucks ass and individual performances from messi, umtiti and mats are bailing us out every match.
It is better to see the reality that we aren't really all that and not be shocked if we fall apart in the second half of the season than think we are WC and fall on our face.
People will throw facts at me about how good we have been this season but stats are meaningless without context and close inspection.
He has done really not much tactically and his lineups are bizarre to say the least. I wouldn't call someone wrong if he said his lineups are worse than lucho.
We are winning because we are relatively fresh at the start of the season and messi. The big teams we have won against was due to a lot of luck (juventus was missing a huge chunk of their starters). Our overall play sucks ass and individual performances from messi, umtiti and mats are bailing us out every match.
It is better to see the reality that we aren't really all that and not be shocked if we fall apart in the second half of the season than think we are WC and fall on our face.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
Dont think he is anything like Lucho and he is finding ways to get results with a fairly limited squad at moment.
It is not all because of Messi. Could very well have beat Atletico yesterday and Messi was average, beat Getafe away with Messi being fairly average, same with Girona away and Sporting.
I like the way Valverde has team playing far more than in Luchos last season.
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